skelp1
verb beat, hit, punish, especially a child: Best stay away until things quieten down: I’ll be well skelpit if I go back too soon. la16-.
noun a smack with the flat of the hand, especially on the buttocks: … she [mother] didn’t believe in administering justice to just one offender, and would give us all a skelp on whichever hip was nearest her hand. 16-. etymology: Scots possibly imitative; attested by JS, ET and DW |
skelp2 noun a long strip or expanse, especially of ground, an indefinite area: They bade oot the toon near Sauchen whar they owned a guid skelp of land and a rare big hoose. [They lived out of town near Sauchen where they owned a large piece of land and a splendid big house.] la19-.
2 a large quantity of something: Nancy’s mother had a full skelp of whisky in her... 20-. etymology: Scots; attested by SR and JS; sense 2 attested by SS |